Social Media Revolution



I think we’re all smart enough to know that Social Media is not a fad. It has completely changed the way we communicate and is obviously here to stay. With that knowledge and understanding, we… the Church, are going to have to figure new ways to communicate in this Social Media Revolution.  This video sums it all up…

Easter at PVC.



This past Easter Sunday, I had the privelge of driving down to Goodyear to visit my friends at Palm Valley Church and snap some photos.  My brother, is the Creative Arts Pastor and he’s doing a stellar job so far! (Especially considering that this church of almost 3,000 is completely portable, that’s crazy!!!)  Rumor has it that over 4,000 people were on the PVC campus that weekend - AWESOME!! Here are a few highlights from the morning.

Pastor Greg Rohlinger

Worship Leader - Derrick Logan (aka D-Lo)

Sponge.



sponge: a person or thing that absorbs something freely.

For the next 2 days, this is what I will aspire to be; a sponge. I’m in California at the Catalyst West Coast leadership conference.  So I’m here to soak it all in… be encouraged… be inspired… and most of all, be challenged in my thinking.  I hope to come away renewed, refreshed and re-energized to lead with passion, self-control and conviction.

My prayer… God, make me a sponge.

Easter at CCV.



This year, for our Easter services, we wrapped up a 5 week series entitled “The Warrior.” We had an incredible response to The Warrior series over the 4 weeks coming into Easter. This really helped us to gain some momentum and as it turned out, we had record breaking attendance numbers on Easter weekend; over 23,000 showed up on our campus! God was truly at work… and we give Him ALL the glory on this one.

As you may have seen in my earlier post, we used The Warrior series graphics from LifeChurch.tv. The stuff they put out is stellar!! We are able to use the overall art direction, and the graphic elements to create our own feel for the series - as I’ve said, we had a great response, especially from the men in our church.

Here are some photos and videos from Easter. The theme of our Easter services was “The Victorious Warrior” — revealing Jesus as THE Victorious Warrior. We stuck with the traditional japanese theme that the Warrior graphics define. The 5 minute countdown / intro into the service featured a traditional Taiko drummer. The video below is cool, but the live experience was bone chilling!  Ken also stuck around and played his drums during the opening song, Let God Arise.

Easter Service Prelude: Taiko Drummer from CCV on Vimeo.

One of the other beautiful moments from the Easter services was the singing of Amazing Grace during communion.  Ken, our traditional Taiko drummer, also plays a japanese wood flute.  He added some beauty to the already beautiful and amazing vocal that Dianne gave. Check it out… (sorry for the low quality, it’s all we had)

Amazing Grace from CCV on Vimeo.

Lastly, here are a few photos of Ken, the Taiko drummer, from the services.

Definitely NOT your typical Easter program….  no lillies or daisies here!

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